diff --git a/cs/remote/src/FASTER.common/ByteArrayComparer.cs b/cs/remote/src/FASTER.common/ByteArrayComparer.cs
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-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the MIT license.
-
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-
-namespace FASTER.common
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Byte array comparer
-    /// </summary>
-    public class ByteArrayComparer : IEqualityComparer<byte[]>, IComparer<byte[]>
-    {
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public bool Equals(byte[] left, byte[] right)
-        {
-            if (left == null || right == null)
-                return left == right;
-            if (left.Length != right.Length)
-                return false;
-            for (int i = 0; i < left.Length; i++)
-            {
-                if (left[i] != right[i])
-                    return false;
-            }
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        public int GetHashCode(byte[] key)
-        {
-            if (key == null)
-                throw new ArgumentNullException("key");
-            int sum = 0;
-            foreach (byte cur in key)
-                sum += cur;
-            return sum;
-        }
-
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        int IComparer<byte[]>.Compare(byte[] x, byte[] y)
-        {
-            if (x.Length > y.Length)
-                return 1;
-
-            if (x.Length < y.Length)
-                return -1;
-
-            for (int idx = 0; idx < x.Length; idx++)
-            {
-                if (x[idx] > y[idx])
-                    return 1;
-                if (y[idx] > x[idx])
-                    return -1;
-            }
-            return 0;
-        }
-    }
-}